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Dr. Elliott Mallory-Greene Presenter

Tyrannus Hall Foundation President/Principal of Tyrannus Hall

Houston, TX

Contact Information: P.O. Box 35998 Houston, TX 77235

email: eg.tyrannushall@me.com

ANOINTED PREACHING

XDr. Elliott Mallory-Greene

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THE MEANING OF ANOINTED

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*Items that were anointed were consecrated to YWHW for worship. Ex 30:29 ff.

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The Meaning of Anointed

Of the gift for carrying out special tasks, mediated by the laying on of hands 1 Ti 4:14; 2 Ti 1:6.

THE MEANING OF ANOINTED

Prophets (1 K. 19:16), Priests (Ex. 28:41)

Kings (1 S. 10:1; etc.) It is only once explicitly mentioned that a prophet should be anointed (1 K. 19:16), but the patriarchs (esp Abraham) are referred to as my anointed ones and my prophets (Ps. 105:15; 1 Ch. 16:22; cf. Gen. 20:7).

*Items that were anointed were consecrated to YWHW for worship. Ex 30:29 ff.

PREACHING GRID

Scripture CenteredContext Centered

Sender Oriented

Receiver Oriented

TraditionalistManipulator

Accommodator GOSPEL PREACHER

R. Craven

THE MANIPULATOR

The Scriptures are only a tool used opportunistically

For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

~2 Corinthians 2:17

THE MANIPULATOR2 Corinthians 2:17 peddlers / kapleontes

[Gk participle from kaple (peddle, trade in, huckster)] BDAG 508

Lack of sincerity (cf. Philippians 1:15-17)

According to 1 Peter 5:2 shameful gain aischrokerds disqualifies on from the ministry.

Not a calling from God, but an opportunity for personal advantage

This is the moniker for preditors and parasites who use the Bible to prey upon the people of God for their own gain.

THE MANIPULATOR

One who controls or influences (a person or situation) cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously Merriam-Webster

Bully pulpit...used to attack members of the audience

The Scriptures are only a tool used opportunistically

THE ACCOMMODATOR

The accommodator understands the culture and its dynamics well, yet has lost sight of the message of God

He engages the host culture but does not demonstrate how the gospel impacts that cultures situation in life.

The accommodator is susceptible to ear tickling or a social gospel (i.e. using the language of the Bible but not its intent)

THE ACCOMMODATORI charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

THE TRADITIONALIST

The traditionalist understands or purports to understand the Word of God, yet has lost sight of the culture and its dynamics.

Sometimes a theologically-driven agenda.

Follows patterns of predecessors slavishly and uncritically.

Preaches at the congregation, but not to the congregation.N.B. The Pharisees fall into this category.

THE GOSPEL TEACHER/PREACHERBringing the transforming message and power of the gospel to

the life context of the audience

Scripture centered, yet intelligible to those who hear...does not speak in Christian-ese or theolog-ese (This does not imply that everyone will always understand everything.)

The center of the story of the Bible is JESUS

Preach in a way that the hearers long for (evangelism) and live for (discipling) the benefits of union with Christ.

WHAT IS THE FINAL PHASE OF BIBLICAL

INTERPRETATION?

Anointed Living

Preaching as a Gift among the Gifts

Romans 12:1-8I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice [as a sacrifice alive], holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Priestly Living: The Goal of Instruction

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice (a sacrifice alive), holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

~Romans 12:1-2

Priestly Living: The Goal of Instruction

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice (a sacrifice alive), holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

~Romans 12:1-2

Conformity vs.

Transformation

Sober Assessment of Ones Place

within the Body of Christ

The Final Phase of Biblical Interpretation

The preachers interpretation is delivered via his message, but the listeners interpretation is the conversion of the taught/learned truth of Christ into

Spirit-led living.

GOSPEL EMPHASIS

SCRIPTURAL PREACHING SHOULD

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CHRIST-CENTERED

JEWISH or MORALISTIC SERMONS FROM CHRISTIAN PASTORS

Focus upon...

(1) Timeless, universal truths

(2) Principles for self-help

(3) Principialized What God is going to do for you sermons

Q: What is wrong with these sermons?A: They are not focused upon what God accomplishes in us through Christ and the Spirit

Christian Preaching is

Christ-focusedFor I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I Cor. 2:2

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus sake. II Cor. 4:5

Christian Preaching is

Spirit-Filled

And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. I Cor. 2:4,5

Christian Preaching is

God-Glorifying

And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. I Cor. 2:4,5

Confidence in Christ not Confidence in Self

Paul distances himself from Greek rhetoric (impressive speech) as a means of validating his apostleship.

PREPARATION FOR ANOINTED PREACHING

The Role of Personal StudyWhat is God teaching you from your own private worship as you read through the Scriptures?

The Role of ContextWhat is the life situation of your congregation?

PREPARATION FOR ANOINTED PREACHINGMatters to consider for the sermon:(INDICATIVE) What has Christ accomplished (via his death and resurrection)?

1. Knowing the story of redemption (Biblical Theology)an absolute necessity!

2. Bring Christ to the center of problem/opportunitysee Galatians, 1 & 2 Corinthians and in fact every other book of the NT. N.B. This is not just preaching the death and resurrection of Christ at the end of the sermonHe diedHe rose Rather it is bringing the resurrection power of Christ to bear on the matters at hand, whether the text is based in the OT or NT

(IMPERATIVE) What is Christ seeking to accomplish in/through us?1. Anointed Preaching address the believers life situation.

2. Anointed Preaching should aim to renew the mind/heart of the believer.

3. Anointed Preaching should affirm what right in the sight of the Lord.

4. Anointed Preaching should a affirm how the Holy Spirit (of Christ) works to bring about change in us.

5. Anointed Preaching should call for love and obedience to Christ.

MORE ON THIS LATER!!!

PREPARATION FOR ANOINTED PREACHING

Prayerful Study, Living and Teaching!!!

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel

Ezra 7:10

PREPARATION FOR ANOINTED PREACHINGPreaching is a part of

pastoral nurturing (discipling),

not a substitute for it!